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Topic: covid

Lancet panel calls for public access defibrillators, cheaper genetic tests as sudden cardiac deaths rise

In report published in the medical journal, expert panel says SCD may account for 15-20% of overall mortality worldwide. Indian doctors say multidisciplinary approach key for country.

Outcome document adopted at G20 health ministers’ meet, focus on long-Covid, climate-resilient systems

Gandhinagar meeting, held under India’s presidency, saw countries unanimously adopt a 25-point document, reaffirming commitment of G20 countries to strengthening ‘global health architecture’.

$2.6 billion of Covid vaccine scheme for world’s poorest left to spend as pandemic wanes

The COVAX Initiative is set to wind up this year and the organisations running it, as well as respective donors, are planning on ways to utilise the remaining money.

No direct evidence linking Covid-19 and ‘incident’ at China’s Wuhan lab, says US intel report

A report by Office of Director of National Intelligence, declassified Friday, says US intelligence community, though, still hasn't ruled out the possibility that virus came from a lab.

Boris Johnson wilfully misled parliament over Covid lockdown breaches, says UK report

Johnson resigned from parliament last week after seeing an advance copy of the report, calling the inquiry a 'witch hunt', a criticism he double-downed on after its publication.

Taking diabetes pill metformin after SARS-CoV-2 infection ‘reduces long Covid symptoms in 40% patients’

Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, study is based on trial among 1,126 people aged 30 & above and with a body mass index of at least 25, conducted between Dec 2020 and Jan 2022.

Maharashtra Covid patients overcharged in 82% cases of private hospitalisation, says Pune NGO study

Peer-reviewed study by NGO SATHI is based on a bill-by-bill analysis of 120 Covid hospitalisations. It was published in 'International Journal of Medicine and Public Health'.

Delhi ‘renovation’ war: BJP says Kejriwal spent Rs 45 cr on CM’s bungalow, AAP claims 2x expense on PM home

Both BJP and AAP have alleged that the expenses were made during the Covid pandemic. AAP has defended the renovation of CM's bungalow, saying it was 80 years old.

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during Covid pandemic, says UNICEF report

The data was a 'worrying warning signal' of rising vaccine hesitancy amid misinformation, dwindling trust in governments and political polarisation, UNICEF said.

No, Covid vaccines didn’t cause those heart attacks. Don’t let hysteria win

The pandemic was such a traumatic period, full of death and desolation that most of us have blacked it out. We forget about the panic and misinformation.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.